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- Title
Genetic Research and Health Disparities.
- Authors
Sankar, Pamela; Cho, Mildred K.; Condit, Celeste M.; Hunt, Linda M.; Koenig, Barbara; Marshall, Patricia; Soo-Jin Lee, Sandra; Spicer, Paul
- Abstract
Focuses on health disparities in the United States. Indication that racial discrimination and poverty contribute to unequal health care; Idea that genetic research has a role in alleviating the problem of disparity in medical care; Uncertainty about the potential genetic contribution to disparities in aggregate group health status; Discussion of this hypothesis, research funding initiatives that promote genetic research proposals, and the demographic patterns in the United States.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HEALTH status indicators; REGIONAL disparities; DISCRIMINATION in medical care; POVERTY; GENETIC research; RACE discrimination; DEMOGRAPHY
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2004, Vol 291, Issue 24, p2985
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.291.24.2985